Neighborhood News

Long shadows over the park? Diminished privacy? Increased usage of the 1.6 acre park? A new development coming to the lot next to Transmitter Park at 13-15 Greenpoint Ave means significant changes to the park. The developer for the site, BNS Real Estate, is currently seeking a text amendment to the zoning to build one…
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Local park activist groups like Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park and McGolrick Park Neighborhood Alliance have demonstrated the value of friends of park groups. FBIP pushed the city to purchase the last 11-acre parcel to complete the full Bushwick Inlet Park. MPNA successfully advocated for millions of $ for a variety of park improvements including…
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This Thanksgiving, North Brooklynites have one more reason to be thankful. On November 22nd, the city closed a deal with the owner of CitiStorage to purchase the 11-acre CitiStorage site on the Williamsburg waterfront for $160 million. With this acquisition, New York City now controls the full footprint of the proposed Bushwick Inlet Park, promised…
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FRIENDS OF BUSHWICK INLET PARK NEEDS YOUR HELP! In order to complete the park and hold the city accountable to the promises made during the 2005 rezoning when they mapped, designed and made a deal with the community to create the 27 Acre Bushwick Inlet Park continues, the community needs to push our electeds to demand…
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This Saturday, July 23rd, from 10 am to 12 noon, join the GCEF-funded Greenpoint Parks Community Stewardship Program for a morning of fun and exploration in Transmitter Park’s garden, home to many bird- and butterfly-friendly plants! Learn how to identify these species, and discover the benefits they provide – all while meeting and mingling with…
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“Talking Trash” is a great documentary, produced by a partnership between students at Greenpoint’s Frances Perkins Academy, The Center for Urban Pedagogy, and Curb Your Litter: Greenpoint, with funding from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund. It’s both entertaining and informative, check it out on Vimeo here! …
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Our comrades at Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park have been counting down from 60 the number of days left for the City’s Offer made to the CitiStorage site owner, Norm Brodsky to complete Bushwick Inlet Park! Incredibly, last month the City made a $100 million dollar offer to Norm Brodsky to acquire the CitiStorage site…
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The NuHart Toxic Waste Site – Harmful Chemicals Lurking in Greenpoint. Thursday June 30 7-830pm McCarren Pool Community Room 776 Lorimer St BK NY 11222 Light Refreshments served Event is free; RSVP on FB – https://www.facebook.com/events/1023830471019791/ The fourth & final forum in a series of panel discussions about the environment in Greenpoint. We started the…
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GWAPP is pleased to present: How’s the Water? — An Environmental Forum Water quality around NY harbor has improved greatly over the past 30 years, but there are still huge hurdles in getting towards truly fishable and swimmable waters. Greenpoint faces extra challenges with the Newtown Creek, a federally designated Superfund site. Join a discussion about…
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Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) and longtime allies of GWAPP in community activism invite you to an important N. Brooklyn environmental event this week – NAG is organizing a film screening and discussion at the Nitehawk Cinema this Tuesday at 7 PM, to continue to raise awareness about the NuHart Superfund site and how…
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GWAPP’s statement regarding the Department of City Planning’s proposal to alter the zoning for a nine-story, 480,000-square-foot office building at 25 Kent Avenue: The almost impenetrably complex and technical language surrounding DCP’s (City Planning) proposal being considered by CB1’s Land Use Committee may obscure the fact that, if adopted, this text amendment could have far-reaching…
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[…] rezoning. Buying the property from its private owners was complicated to begin with – see this instructive map for the details – and it was clear the city had either misled or been incredibly mistaken about […]READ MORE

Thank you so much, GWAPP, and Richard, for supporting accountability and action on the part of our "electeds" and agencies. -and in doing so, rejecting the business as usual mindset in favor of healthier actions.READ MORE

Hello. Being part of the Greenpoint community I am curious if there is a way to request an extra bus service that would run through McGuiness Blvd to Long Island City/Astoria (trains 7,E,M, N, Q etc). Current B62 and B32 don't run often enough and ar...READ MORE